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Modano makes
history Sharks fail to
follow up win again 11/7/07 - by Mike Lee
Mike
Modano made history at HP Pavilion on Wednesday night,
breaking Phil Housley's record as the most prolific
American born scorer in NHL history. The Sharks had
front row seats, playing spectator as Modano and the
Dallas Stars took over the Pacific Division lead with
a 3-1 win. Sana Jose failed to follow up a win with
another win for the 6th time this season. They have
only won two straight games once this season.
Modano wasted little time tying Phil Housley's record
for most points all-time by an American, scoring just
2:19 into the game. Modano took a feed from Sergei
Zubov and skated up the left wing boards before
uncorking a shot from the top of the left circle.
Sharks netminder Evgni Nabokov had a clean look at the
shot and plenty of time to react, but it fooled him on
the way to the back of the net.
The goal nullified all the momentum that San Jose had
built early on in the contest. The Sharks peppered
Stars goaltender Marty Turco, but they couldn't score.
Even on the power play, they found a way to go
backwards.
Modano would break Housley's record two minutes later,
thank in part to more suspect goaltending. With Matt
Niskanen in the penalty box for hooking, Matt Carle
turned the puck over at his own blueline. Modano
snatched the loose puck and raced up the ice
uncontested. Closing fast on Nabokov, Modano
mishandled the puck, kicking it straight out in front
of him, but the play crossed up Nabokov who ended up
on his backside. The puck dribbled into the goal for
the 2-0 Stars lead.
Things looked bleak for San Jose a minute later, when
Steve Bernier was whistled for a phantom double-minor
high sticking penalty. Bernier got tangled with
Turco, resulting in the butt-end of Turco's stick
cutting Norstrom. During the ensuing Dallas power
play, Nabokov threw his stick in an attempt to clear
the puck, which resulted in a Stars penalty shot.
Zubov would whiff on the free chance, keeping the game
to within a pair of goals, but Bernier would be sent
off for another 4 minutes. Referee Rob Martell issued
a horrendous high-sticking penalty on Bernier, and
another minor for unsportsmanlike conduct after
Bernier protested the initial call.
Carle would make up for his gaff on Modano's second
goal by pumping home his 1st goal of the season with
1:13 left in the period on a 5-on-3. Jiri Lehtinen
and Trevor Daly.
Steve Ott would push the Stars lead to 3-1 at 2:12 of
the 2nd period on a counter attack breakaway. Jeff
Halpern started the break with a pass from deep in the
Stars zone to Ott who slipped past the Sharks defense.
Ott had 4 strides on the nearest Shark, and easily
beat Nabokov with a shot that went 5-hole.
Officiating become more of the story late in the
period. An apparent power play goal by Sandis
Ozolinsh was waved off by Martell after Milan Michalek
was ruled to have interfered with Turco. Michalek was
checked into the Stars goaltender, but San Jose would
lose the argument.
The Sharks threw play of rubber at Turco, but every
shot seemed to hit the Stars netminder in the chest.
San Jose had 39 shots on goal in the game, including
14 in the 3rd period, but they never mustered any
serious scoring chances.
Continued misfires on the power play continue to haunt
the Sharks. Other than the 5-on-3 goal that Carle
scored, the Sharks failed to convert on 7 other
chances, dropping them to 18th in the league with a
16.8% scoring conversion rate on the man advantage.
Game Notes:
Jeremy Roenick failed to score a goal, leaving him
stuck on 499 career tallies. Christian Ehrhoff was a
scratch once again.
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3 |
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DAL |
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SJ |
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1st period - 1,
DAL, Modano 3 (Zubov, Barnes), 2:19. 2, DAL, Modano 4
(Lehtinen), 4:24, (sh). Unsucessful penalty shot,
Zubov, 6:52. 3, SJ, Carle 1 (Rivet, Roenick), 18:47,
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2nd period - 4,
DAL, Ott 1 (Fedoruk, Turco), 2:12. |
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1st period -
Nikanen, DAL (hooking), 2:48; Bernier, SJ (high
sticking - double minor), 5:04; Boucher, DAL
(holding), 9:44; Bernier, SJ (high sticking), 14:52;
Bernier, SJ (unsportsmanlike conduct), 14:52;
Lehtinen, DAL (interference), 16:55; Daley, DAL
(tripping), 17:31. |
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2nd period - Barch,
DAL (charging), 5:17; Turco, DAL (delay of game,
illegal play goalie), 11:49. |
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3rd period -
Boucher, DAL (holding), 0:21; BArnes, DAL (hooking),
4:38; Grier, SJ (cross checking), 8:46; Morrow, DAL
(slashing), 18:48; Daley, DAL (roughing), 19:58;
Ozolinsh, SJ (cross checking), 19:58. |
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Shots |
Saves |
DAL - Turco |
39 |
38 |
SJ - Nabokov |
12 |
9 |
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3 |
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DAL |
6 |
4 |
2 |
12 |
SJ |
18 |
7 |
14 |
39 |
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Referees: Tom
Kowal, Rob Martell.
Linesmen: Ryan Galloway, Don Henderson. |
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